Resusified
Thursday, January 28, 2010
I'd slipped yesterday's irises into a narrow glass cylinder and woke to them this morning; they were unfurling.
Near noon, however, I heard one stem bend (there was a sound to it) and then another, and I realized that yesterday's water was gone, and there was nothing to sustain them. I filled the vase again, had little hope.
This afternoon, when I returned to my office, I found the irises unfurled and upright. They had survived my neglect and my mood.
I had, too.
8 comments:
Smiling. I'm delighted to hear both you and the irises are thriving. (Hugs)Indigo
I was waiting for a story about the irises! :-) So lovely.
Even flowers are resilient.
Resiliency - a wonderful feature and aspiration, non? I've been wanting to email you to say a couple things - will settle for doing it here since I can't find your email address. One, thank you for your interviews on Writers on Writing/Pen on Fire - I've played the 9/13/2000 interview over and over, especially where you talk about 'looking for the moments that matter'. Two, thanks too for your blog - ever a source of confidence and wonder. Three, update your copyright dates to include 2010 on the left side of your blog.
Thanks and sorry for going on so long.
Dear Kurt of the yellow-eyed cat — I tried to get back to you, but I am not sure how to do that directly, so on the off chance that you are reading this:
thank you
thank you
thank you
You didn't go on too long.
Wonderful photo. I like the light and shadows.
Beautiful.
My memory is so short - here's a blogpost I made about that very podcast - http://kdnavrat.blogspot.com/2009/03/thanks-to-beth-kephart.html
Oh well - my email is kdnavrat at gmail dot com.
Have a great week.
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